Butch's had a lot of big names; The Ripper, Sarcasim, The Slasher, The Terror, Nicholas "Frenchie" Rius, even "The Jammer" for a short bit, to name a few. I remember at the end when Nicholas was there, there was a chick named Katarina somethingorother.
I rode the 800 last year and it's bad a$$! I was 289 pounds last summer, I'm down 30 and looking forward to trying it out again. It had been years since I rode a stand-up, used to ride 650's which were a little tricky in the waves. The 800 is very stable and very fast compared to the old days...